Statement marking International Women’s Day on 8 March 2019 by the Chairperson of the Menengage Network, Ambassador Andrej Benedejčič (Annex 1). Review of OSCE instruments and mechanisms in line with global sand regional needs: – Presentation by Ms. N. Allgaier, Conventional Arms Branch, UN Office for Disarmament Affairs; – Presentation by Colonel R. Shamil’evich Yaushev, Head of Group, Main Directorate of International Military Co-operation, Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation; – Presentation by Lieutenant Colonel N. Luković, Head of the Logistics Development Section, Ministry of Defence of Montenegro (Armenia, Annex 2; Chairperson of the Informal Group of Friends on Small Arms and Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition (Latvia, Annex 3). Situation in and around Ukraine. Large-scale military exercise in Azerbaijan being conducted from 11 to 15 March 2019 (Armenia, Annex 4; Azerbaijan, Annex 5).

Report by the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ms. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir. Address by the Chairperson of the OSCE MenEngage Network, Ambassador Andrej Benedejčič; and Ms. Barbora Burajová, Coordinating-Methodical Centre on Gender-Based and Domestic Violence, Slovakia, on the Occasion of the International Women’s Day. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Continuing violations of linguistic and educational rights in Estonia. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Spain to the OSCE, Ambassador V. González Román. Zero Discrimination Day, observed on 1 March 2019. Elections to the European Parliament, to be held in the Member States of the European Union from 23 to 26 May 2019. General election in Spain, to be held on 28 April 2019 (Spain, Annex).